Five in Lebanon abducted Czechs free

prague - Five in Lebanon abducted Czechs were released after more than half a year. A government plane brings the group in the coming days at home, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague Tuesday.

When asked whether ransom was paid for their release, did Minister Lubomir Zaorálek against the media say nothing. The Czechs are currently in the custody of Lebanese security forces.,, I am glad to be alive, '' said Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.

The group was missing since July 18, when the Lebanese police in an otherwise empty taxis in the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border possessions of the Czechs did. Who was behind the kidnapping is not known. But media suspected that the kidnappers wanted to force the release of a Czech Lebanese jammed. The United States wanted to prosecute the man for alleged arms trafficking.

Among the hostages were two TV journalists, a lawyer, an interpreter and a safety officer.